Test Pieces

Just a quick thread, Our band is coming round to choose a own choice test piece for nest years contest season.
We are a top 1st Section band (2nd NW areas and 6th Nationals) and i was wondering what pieces are considered too easy now and visa versa.??
(good sop part is always appreciated!)

Other works that are borderline tests to start edging into the Championship prizelist you might consider are:- Sounds (John Golland), Trittico (James Curnow) or even Salamander (John McCabe). (... I listened to your band's soundclips!!! ).

Me review soundclips? heheheh! As teamwork goes, the band sounds well trained for the recording, as the attention to articulation/score detail shows throughout the excerpts. The enthusiasm of the players is another thing I noticed. My own opinion is that if the playing is enjoyed by the performer, that will spread to the listener and enhance it's intrinsic value. shock: .... ooh-errr!). Apart from that, difficult to say much more since studio recordings tend to be usually modded to increase their market value.

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Other works that are borderline tests to start edging into the Championship prizelist you might consider are:- Sounds (John Golland), Trittico (James Curnow) or even Salamander (John McCabe). (... I listened to your band's soundclips!!! ).

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I'm a big fan of Trittico too (not sure if it is too easy - worth listening to a recording though)

Essence of Time is good too

might be easier to help if we knew which sections of your band are the strongest.

For instance If your baritones and tenor horns are really good, then Chivalry might work.

well we have a fantastic principal and top euph. along with the rest of the corner seats, the bases probs the weakest section.
recently played
Pagentry (played it to death tho, some good results)
Coventry (amazing, got 2nd on it)
King of Elflands Daughter (nationals)
London Overture (ahhhh!)

we played through partita (sparke) the other nite which was ok but think maybe bit hard, dunno tho??
Love essence of time and festival music plus others like journey into freedom, chivalry (played it to death at uni)

Firestorm (Stephen Bulla)
Trittico (curnow)
Connotations or Dances and Arias (Gregson....fantastic!!!)
Is it James Cook Circumnavigator (that's superb!)?!
Entertainments (Vinter)
Spectrum! (Vinter)
Year of the Dragon (Sparke) or Partita
Variations on a ninth?! is that the title!? i'm tired at the moment!!! (Vinter i think!)